KC immigration court operating

KANSAS CITY AP) — A new federal immigration court in Kansas City is trying to plow through nearly 2,300 cases that would have been handled in Chicago in the past.

One judge is hearing cases, and another is scheduled to join him next month. The court has jurisdiction over all of Kansas and Missouri, except for St. Louis. That area is being served by a court in Louisiana until it becomes part of the Kansas City jurisdiction in August.